we're using the worse numbers, about 400 billion over the spending. that is a doable number over the ten years to adjust to get to by further spending restraint. just seems to me that there is an opportunity here for the speaker, the president, and i think mitch mcconnell and harry reid should probably be in the room because the senate has been put in the middle of this and brought into play and to reach an agreement over this weekend and get this done next thursday and friday or sbou next week. >> former senator judd gregg, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us. >> i want to bring you in. we just have a few minutes left. reid, led me start with you, get everybody in a room. what are the chances next thursday or friday or the following week this does get done and if so how? >> i don't think the chances are terribly good, especially after this week. we had the dulg press conferences the other day and the vote last night and it doesn't look like things are going terribly well in terms of this. one of the things i am watching right off the